YOU FORGOT A GROUND WIRE

On 8/26/2015 1:07 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a BeagleBone Black with a "Serial Cape"
> (http://www.logicsupply.com/eu-en/cbb-serial/). This cape supports
> RS-485 which i'm interested in. Before i had this cape, i used a
> RS-485-to-USB-converter.
>
>
> My problem:
> I try to read some data from an external device. It's very simple: The
> request is just "/?!\r\n" and then i get the data.
>
> With the RS485-to-USB-Stick i used this serial port configuration
> (with ser2net):
> /dev/ttyUSB0 9600 7DATABITS EVEN 1STOPBIT
>
> With the cape i tried this configuration:
> /dev/ttyO4 9600 7DATABITS EVEN 1STOPBIT
>
> Unfortunately this first try didn't work. I didn't get any response. I
> also tried this configuration:
> /dev/ttyO4 9600 7DATABITS EVEN 1STOPBIT RTSCTS
>
> I set the jumpers on the cape like this:
> J8: RS485
> J7: UART4 RTS
>
> The RS485+ wire is connected to the RS485B port, and the RS485- wire
> is connected to the RS485A port.
> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sgurQ-7gLyn7g-Kg983NRM0aDkYEqHqy9dmrieX_RUM/edit
> page7)
>
> To get a better overview i made a photo:
>
> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DGOBBHIo6sM/Vd1xuVsgc_I/AAAAAAAAAEE/JS4oAhPYoOk/s1600/IMG_20150826_091607_mod.jpg>
>
>
>
> At the bottom of the picture there is the RS485-to-USB converter. It
> just has two ports which i used to connect the RS485 wires.
>
> I think the board itself should work, because if i execute "cat
> /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots" i can see it.
>
> My question:
> Do i do something wrong? Maybe someone else has used this cape with
> RS485? I thought it should be almost as easy as with the USB converter?
>
>
> Thank you for any help
>
> Best regards
> Benj
>
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